Posts Tagged ‘Workflow’
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The Difference Between Good And Bad Job Requirements
- November 12th, 2012
- 73 Comments
In Web design, as one of the seemingly few markets that is actually growing, job opening postings are common. They’re not all equally convincing, though. In fact, most of them are unpleasant, uninviting and sometimes bordering on hostile. Some, however, are great, and give you an honest and pleasant sense ...
Read more...Design ProcessEncouraging Better Client Participation In Responsive Design Projects
- September 28th, 2012
- 27 Comments
Last week at the fabulous Smashing Conference in Freiburg, I gave a new talk, one I’d written just a few hours prior. I chose not to use slides, but instead to speak about three things that I’m incredibly enthusiastic about: Responsive design is not (just) a design or development problem; ...
Read more...Design ProcessTypography Carved In Stone
- September 20th, 2012
- 18 Comments
Every name here is a tragic story of loss and heartbreak. The Garda Memorial Garden, or Gairdín Cuimhneacháin an Gharda Síochána, is located in the heart of Dublin city. This memorial is a contemplative garden with large stone plinths and a lot of names and numbers. The list of names, this ...
Read more...Freelancing ExperimentsPassive Income Strategies For Web Designers
- August 27th, 2012
- 38 Comments
Finding ways to earn passive income is a growing concern among many freelance designers. I’ve always loved client work, but I have to admit that the pressure of juggling multiple bosses and constant deadlines eventually started to wear me down. In a previous article for Smashing Magazine, I compared various ways ...
Read more...How To Stay Current And ProductiveThe Art Of Staying Up To Date
- August 9th, 2012
- 36 Comments
An important part of our job is staying up to date. Technologies don’t really change that fast — HTML5 and CSS3 take a long time to be specified and implemented. But the ideas surrounding these technologies and the things we can do with them are constantly evolving, and hundreds of ...
Read more...Why Doodling Is Important“I Draw Pictures All Day”
- August 3rd, 2012
- 100 Comments
“So, you do nothing all day.” That’s how many people would respond to someone who says they spend the day with a pen or pencil in their hand. It’s often considered an empty practice, a waste of time. They’re seen as an empty mind puttering along with the busy work ...
Read more...Can Creativity Be Scheduled?Taming The Wild Mind
- May 11th, 2012
- 27 Comments
Myths have developed around and researchers have studied how the human brain juggles creativity and organization. Popular theory tells us that the left brain is structured and logical, while the right brain is artistic and imaginative, and that all human beings use predominantly one side of the other. Working in a ...
Read more...Top Non-Destructive Photoshop Techniques
- March 9th, 2012
- 42 Comments
The creative process is not a linear one. As artists and designers, we often set off in one direction only to decide that the proper solution lies somewhere else completely. Unfortunately, many of the creative software packages we use (Photoshop in particular) can be pretty unforgiving when in comes to ...
Read more...Eleven Ways To Manage Your Design Team More Effectively
- March 2nd, 2012
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There’s no comprehensive solution to getting productivity from your design team, but certain techniques will benefit managers and designers during the course of a day. Managing a team at all can be tricky. Managing a team of designers can be even more challenging because designers have different strengths, weaknesses and ...
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